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Today is the day! The YCP showcase at 4-7pm as part of #CODA2021. Come and join us! youtu.be/WOWVAFLM3z8 @BirmCons @BirmComposers

We just split into three groups for students to explore more about writing for voice, text scores or graphic scores. Here are some of the results from these quick sessions! A colourful graphic score, a beautifully written poem and a chicken-themed text score 🐣

@KirstyDevaney got our students to design a graphic score based off one of the electronic pieces they worked on earlier today 👩🏻‍🎨 We really got a whole range of interpretations going on!

Here is one of @ComposerMole's graphic scores in all of its glory! I wonder how Joe's going to interpret this one 👀

@ComposerMole and pianist Joseph Spinoza talking about their collaborative process of working on Cat's graphic scores 🎨 We've got some really interesting discussions going on right now - much to think about 🙇🏻‍♀️

@CharlieKedge and @maychiwong working with their group on their collaborative electronic piece! There were quite the variety of creative percussive sounds in this one, including a toilet flush 🚽

@CharlieKedge giving the students a tutorial on using BandLab's various features! They've split into groups to work on a couple of collaborative electronic pieces with their recorded sounds. Very excited to hear the results ☺️

Starting the second day of our Easter workshops with some listening exercises! @george_west_96 introduced the students to Pauline Oliveros' deep listening exercises and @KirstyDevaney got them to think about the sounds around them! They have went away to record their own sounds🌬

@seanlclancy, the head of Undergraduate Composition at @BirmCons talking a bit about the differences between studying composition at conservatoires or universities! Our students also got to ask him a couple questions they had

@Natroe21 presenting two contrasting pieces to the students - one for theatre, and one for modular synthesisers 🎛

@ajethmusic playing some excerpts of flute pieces and introducing our students to extended flute techniques and aleatoric writing ✨ He also got them to do some physical activities, which they quite enjoyed!

We can't believe it's the final day of our Easter workshops today! We started with a few presentations from our mentors @CharlieKedge, @george_west_96 and @James_Abel_Comp on their compositions so that our students can get a better idea of what it is that they do 🙇🏻‍♀️🎶

Amrit Sohal giving a demonstration of a couple French horn techniques! The students have went away to compose a couple of miniatures for her 📯

And that's the end of our Easter Workshop 🐣 What a journey we've all been through together! Thank you so much to our guest speakers, mentor team and @KirstyDevaney! And of course our students - we hope you had fun and learned something new 💚

When asked on what they believed made a creative space safe, here's what our students said ☁️